CROWELL'S HANDBOOK OF CLASSICAL MYTHOLOGY1970 |
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... nymph of Mount Helicon . Echo , an attendant of Hera , would keep her mistress entertained with endless chatter while Zeus dallied with the other nymphs . Catching onto this ruse , the angry goddess punished her with a curious speech ...
... nymph of Mount Helicon . Echo , an attendant of Hera , would keep her mistress entertained with endless chatter while Zeus dallied with the other nymphs . Catching onto this ruse , the angry goddess punished her with a curious speech ...
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... NYMPH . Narcissus . The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river - god Cephissus . When Leiriope asked the then little - known seer Teiresias if her newborn son would live a long life , he replied , “ If he never know himself . " This ...
... NYMPH . Narcissus . The son of the nymph Leiriope by the river - god Cephissus . When Leiriope asked the then little - known seer Teiresias if her newborn son would live a long life , he replied , “ If he never know himself . " This ...
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... nymph Egeria . After Numa's wife Tatia died , Egeria often appeared to him in wooded places and gave him the benefit of both her wisdom and her embraces . Many Roman laws and religious rites were said in historical times to have been ...
... nymph Egeria . After Numa's wife Tatia died , Egeria often appeared to him in wooded places and gave him the benefit of both her wisdom and her embraces . Many Roman laws and religious rites were said in historical times to have been ...
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